Elevated cancer risk perceptions among patients with Barrett's esophagus: do psychological factors play a role?

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Kinsinger
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Barrett’S Esophagus ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Barrett's Esophagus ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions

Biased Lung Cancer Risk Perceptions: Smokers are Misinformed

2018 ◽  
Vol 238 (5) ◽  
pp. 395-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Lung Cancer Risk ◽  
Lifetime Risk ◽  
Lung Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions ◽  
Overall Mortality

Abstract This paper empirically investigates biased beliefs about the risks of smoking. First, it confirms the established tendency of people to overestimate the lifetime risk of a smoker to contract lung cancer. In this paper’s survey, almost half of all respondents overestimate this risk. However, 80% underestimate lung cancer deadliness. In reality, less than one in five patients survive five years after a lung cancer diagnosis. Due to the broad underestimation of the lung cancer deadliness, the lifetime risk of a smoker to die of lung cancer is underestimated by almost half of all respondents. Smokers who do not plan to quit are significantly more likely to underestimate this overall mortality risk.

Where is the Truth When It Comes to Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus?

2012 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
pp. 1245-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano di Pietro ◽  
Maria O'Donovan ◽  
Rebecca C. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Barrett’S Esophagus ◽  
Barrett's Esophagus

Obesity: Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer Risk

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Jean Marc Chevallier ◽  
Sonja Chiappetta ◽  
Mario Musella
Keyword(s):  
Esophageal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Barrett’S Esophagus ◽  
Barrett's Esophagus

scholarly journals Cancer risk perceptions in an urban Mediterranean population

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montse García ◽  
Esteve Fernández ◽  
Josep Maria Borràs ◽  
F. Javier Nieto ◽  
Anna Schiaffino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Mediterranean Population ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions
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